Chronic intrauterine pulmonary hypertension impairs endothelial nitric oxide synthase in the ovine fetus

American Journal of Physiology - Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology

Volumn 272, Issue 5 16-5, 1997, Pages

  Villamor, Eduardo ^c   Le Cras, Timothy D ^a   Horan, Marilee P ^a   Halbower, Ann C ^a   Tuder, Rubin M ^b   Abman, Steven H ^a,d  

^a Children's Hospital Colorado   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL CLÍNICO SAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Endothelium; Persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn; Pulmonary circulation

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL TONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FETUS LUNG; HYPOXEMIA; LUNG CIRCULATION; LUNG HOMOGENATE; MEDIATOR RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PERSISTENT FETUS CIRCULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RAT; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 0030979142     PISSN: 10400605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.1997.272.5.l1013     Document Type: Article

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